0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/24/2011
Yup, time for the Friday megalinks. As long as I don’t get interrupted, I should be able to do this all in one shot for you. Your Weekend Viewing Picks have a whole lot of sports and entertainment programs so take a gander and see what suits your fancy. To the links. National USA Today’s […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/15/2011
I have a couple of announcements from CBS Sports Network as it continues to branch out as an extension of CBS Sports. Former Michigan and West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez is stepping into the broadcast booth to become a college football analyst for CBS Sports Network. He’ll mainly work games with Dave Ryan, but also […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/14/2011
It’s been a busy day for me as I’ve been working on the story on NBC approving plans for a Stanley Cup Final Viewing Party at TD Garden in Boston. Amazing how things fall into place on a story like that. But still working to confirm on the Bruins and Garden end of the story. […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/6/2011
After being in the Massachusetts office this morning and needing to run a few errands for the main RI office, I’m now ready to provide links provided I don’t get interrupted at work. You never know. And with the decision to eventually close the MA office due to the slow economy, I may be looking […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/5/2011
Let’s do some linkage on this lazy Sunday. Kari Lipschutz of Adweek writes that it’s a photo finish in the race to the US rights to the 2014/16 Olympics. Rachel Cohen of the Associated Press looks into the Olympic bidding. David Lieberman and Patrick Hipes at Deadline wonder what losing the Olympics could mean to […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/4/2011
Didn’t have time to do megalinks during the day as I was trying to get some end of the month/beginning of the month stuff done at the office. Time to get linkage in while I can. The Weekend Viewing Picks are chockful of sports action and some primetime programming. Now to the linkage. National Jessica […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 6/2/2011
Time for some linkage on this very warm Thursday. I hope you all take a moment and say a prayer for the people of Western Massachusetts who head to deal with tornadoes yesterday. Four people are confirmed dead. It was quite devastating to see last night. Let’s hope the area can recover quickly. To your […]
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ESPN has announced some additional SEC football games to its 2011 schedule. We have the details below. ESPN Selects Additional 2011 SEC College Football Telecasts ESPN has selected additional Southeastern Conference college football games for telecasts across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and the SEC Network during the 2011 season. Two Thursday and four Saturday games with […]
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For SEC football fans, today is a big day as both CBS and ESPN have announced their preliminary football schedules for the 2011 season. Let’s take a look at the SEC on CBS schedule first. CBS SPORTS’ 2011 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE OFFERS BEST OF SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE EACH WEEK CBS Sports’ Weekly Selection of SEC Football […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/31/2011
BTN’s Big Ten Football Report will discuss the resignation of Jim Tressel from Ohio State University. It occurs at 7 p.m. Eastern. Dave Revsine, Howard Griffith, Rick Pizzo, Chris Martin and Gerry DiNardo will discuss what it means for Ohio State and the Big Ten in general. We have the announcement from BTN. ‘Big Ten […]
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For some of you, it’s a back to work Tuesday after a three day weekend. Not for me as I was at the office until late on Memorial Day. But you don’t want to read my complaining, you want linkage so I’ll get it to right away. Anthony Crupi from Adweek says expect LeBron James, […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/30/2011
The story about wrongdoing in the Ohio State football and the subsequent coverup by coach Jim Tressel has been published on Sports Illustrated’s website. It’s a pretty amazing story and one that forced the coach to resign early on Monday. The ramifications will be quite damaging for the program as the NCAA is investigating Tressel. […]
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While I’m at work, I’ll do some linkage for you. Let’s also keep the troops who have lost their lives fighting to keep our freedom safe in all of the wars on behalf of democracy. And keep the troops in mind who are currently on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan. Let’s hope our men […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/27/2011
I think I’ll have to add some more linkage tonight. Not sure of my schedule this holiday weekend so I’ll take the opportunity while I can. Scott Cacciola of the Wall Street Journal says Bristol, CT residents aren’t happy over how their town is portrayed in the new ESPN book. Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/26/2011
Let’s do the Thursday linkage and there are a few stories to get to. First, this broke late last night, Joe Flint at the Los Angeles Times confirmed that the number two man at NBC Sports, Ken Schanzer is following his boss Dick Ebersol and leaving the company. John Ourand from Sports Business Journal also […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/25/2011
Time for the mid-week links. Lots of stuff to get to. Michael Hiestand of USA Today looks at the ratings from some of the events held this past weekend. Michael says networks may have to scramble to fill holes if the NFL lockout extends into October and November. Brian Lowry at Fox Sports wonders if […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/23/2011
Let’s do some linkage on this last Monday before Memorial Day. By the way, if you’re on Facebook, hit my fan page and click “Like”. It acts like an RSS feed. All posts should be there and you can click on the links to see the latest information. Already, 375 people have signed up and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/21/2011
Earlier this week, the Big Ten Network announced its primetime football schedule. If you missed it, I have the entire schedule for you. It’s listed below. Big Ten Network Announces 2011 Primetime Football Slate Eight Big Ten teams will play night games on Big Ten Network this fall CHICAGO – A trio of October conference […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 5/18/2011
Big Ten Network is going to take a page from other networks and make a show out of announcing a television schedule of games. On Thursday, the Big Ten Report will unveil all of the network’s primetime football schedule. Dave Revsine will be on hand to make the announcement. ‘Big Ten Football Report’ to Reveal […]
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As the rain continues to fall in the Northeast and the sun remains behind the clouds for one more day, I’ll provide some links for you. Trying to finish work before doing links and I’d like to provide these earlier, but sometimes, it can’t be helped. Anyway, here are the sports business and media stories […]
